Special cameo in this chapter: Prairie Dawn from Sesame Street
"So the train just departed, mother?...Okay, okay, I will tell them now..."
Tanjurou then ended the call. It was Tanjirou's paternal grandmother who called him.
Tanjurou now was sitting in the kitchen. Kie was busy washing the plates while Takeo was eating his pancake next to Tanjurou.
"Who's calling?" Kie asked.
"My mom. She's coming here today. The train just departed from Wakayami" Tanjurou answered.
"It's been a long time since her last visit" Kie said.
"You right" Tanjurou replied.
"Grandma is coming, dad?" Takeo asked in excitement.
"Yes" Tanjurou smiled.
"You should tell the others, dear" Kie said.
"Alright" Tanjurou nodded as he get up from his seat before walked away.
Meanwhile, Tanjirou was watching the TV with Rokuta sat on his lap while Nezuko, Shigeru and Hanako was playing Scrabble.
" Hello everyone. Prairie Dawn here "
"Prairie Dawn!" Rokuta shouted in excitement as he pointed his index finger towards the TV, glancing at Tanjirou.
"D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R. Dinosaur!" Hanako just finished placing tiles on the board.
"Wow! Good job, Hanako!" Nezuko cheered.
"Good news! Your grandma is coming" Tanjurou said as he entered the living room.
"Really?" Tanjirou and his other siblings turned their attention towards their father.
"Yeah, she just called me earlier" Tanjurou said.
"Yay! Grandma is coming!" Hanako and Shigeru was excited.
"Nii-chan! Are you happy grandma is coming?" Rokuta asked.
"Of course I am" Tanjirou gave his youngest brother a smile.
"Beep!"
Tanjirou's phone just got a notification. He quickly pulled it out from his pocket, checking it.
"Kentaro! Go outside now!"
Inosuke just send him a message.
Why did Inosuke told him to go outside?
That's when Tanjirou spotted flyers falling on the ground at the outside.
"Flyers?" Nezuko quickly opened the sliding glass door, rushing outside. Tanjurou, Tanjirou, Shigeru and Hanako followed her from behind.
"Eh, why everyone is outside?" Takeo was curious as he noticed his other siblings, including his father was outside. "Mom! Come here!"
"Planes!" Shigeru shouted as their eyes glanced at the flying planes. It was the planes who dropped the fliers.
"Why planes are dropping the fliers?" Nezuko asked herself as she grabbed one of the fliers from the ground. "Eh? Nii-chan! Look at this!"
Tanjirou then took the flyer from Nezuko. When he read it, he was shocked.
'BEWARE OF THESE VILE INVADERS! THEY ARE PLANNING TO CONQUER OUR WORLD!'
"Vile invaders? Conquer the world? What the hell is going on now?" Tanjirou was confused.
...
Inosuke was seen running on the streets in full speed. He was heading towards Zenitsu's house, and his left hand was holding the flyer. He actually planning to go to Tanjirou's house, but it would be better if Zenitsu tagged along.
And Inosuke was carrying Aoi on his back. Aoi got her injured after saving a kitten from being hit by Douma's car. Aoi was embarrased actually, but she didn't have any other choice.
Fliers were seen scattered everywhere. Both Inosuke and Aoi doesn't have any idea of what's going on now.
"Watch out!"
Inosuke managed to dodge a cyclist.
"Keep your eyes alert, Inosuke! I know we're in hurry, but please mind our safety first!" Aoi scolded.
"No worries, my girl! Nothing can harms the mountain king!" Inosuke smirked.
"As Inosuke was running towards the bridge, they noticed Rui and Zenitsu was there. Rui was reading the flyer while Zenitsu was looking very panic right now.
"Morning, guys!" Inosuke greeted them.
"Good morning, Inosuke, Aoi" Kanao greeted back.
"Morning!" Aoi smiled.
"Where are you going?" Rui asked.
"Monitsu's house, but luckily he's here" Inosuke answered.
"What are you guys doing here?" Aoi asked.
"Zenitsu said he saw a female ghost standing on the river last night, and i'm here to help him" Rui answered.
"How did you help Monitsu?" Inosuke asked.
"By throwing a doll into the river" Rui answered.
"W-what?" Aoi raised her eyebrows.
"Are you sure it'll worked!?" Zenitsu asked in disbelief.
"99% guarantee" Rui confidently replied.
"Well, I'm planning to go to your house, Monitsu but i didn't expect to meet you here" Inosuke said. "And that's when we spotted planes dropping strange papers"
"It's fliers, Inosuke" Aoi sighed.
"Whatever, it sounds same to me" Inosuke said again.
"Why the planes are dropping these fliers?" Aoi was curious.
"No idea, but things are start getting weirder right now" Rui said.
"Please don't tell me the aliens are invading!" Zenitsu cried. "I want to marry Nezuko-chan before I die!"
"For the sake of Mother Nature, can you please calm down for one second!?" Rui shouted.
"That's it! Get everyone gathered in the park now!" Inosuke suggested.
"What!?" Aoi raised her eyebrows.
"Okay, I'm telling everyone now" Rui nodded as he pulled out his phone.
...
Giyuu just exited the groceries shop after bought some snacks. And a flyer just made it's way to his face.
Giyuu then took the flyer from his face.
"Beware of these vile invaders...they are planning to conquer our world..."
"I want to laugh after reading this"
Giyuu then turned his attention towards a trio of unnamed teenagers nearby.
"What's the meaning of the this? Is this some kind of sick joke?" Teenager 1 read the flyer in sarcastic manner.
"Well, I don't know why are they distributing this, but it sounds nonsense to me" Teenager 2 commented.
"Oh please, my family's business is much more important than these silly propagandas" Teenager 3 said.
"Just ignore those damn things, they just wasting our time" Teenager 1 replied as they then torn down the flyers.
"Yo Tomioka!"
Giyuu noticed someone was calling him nearby. It was Tengen, the art teacher.
"Uzui" Giyuu's glanced at the art teacher
"I'm recently go to your apartment earlier, but unfortunately no one was there" Tengen said.
"I'm just buying some snacks, and Tsutako was visiting her friend in Aoyama" Giyuu replied. "What's going on right now?"
"I don't know, but it looks like they're promoting something" Tengen replied, his hand was holding the flyer.
"By dropping the fliers from the sky?" Giyuu was confused.
...
It's the time for Tanjirou and friends to gathered together in Kimetsu Public Park. The fliers already spread across the town, and everyone started feeling uneasy about it.
"That's it! I know what we have to do!" Inosuke exclaimed.
"Then what should we do?" Muichirou asked.
"We need to stockpile all of our foods!" Inosuke suggested blindly.
The rest of them just gave the boar boy a weird stare.
"This is not a zombie apocalypse, Inosuke" Aoi pouted.
"Tanjirou! They're coming! The aliens are coming!" Zenitsu cried.
"Calm down, Zenitsu! We still don't know the real situation yet!" Tanjirou scolded.
"If the aliens wants to colonize the Earth, so what's the problem?" Yuichirou said with bored tone.
"They probably will force all humans to become their slaves" Rui guessed. "Or maybe they'll nuke all major cities on Earth"
"Shut up both of you!" Zenitsu yelled.
"Or I think they'll destroy Zenitsu's house first" Yuichirou was unfazed.
"I'll tell Tomioka-sensei you doing something dirty in the library last week!" Zenitsu threatened.
"Did you have a proof?" Yuichirou asked.
Zenitsu was silent.
"I don't know why the government are spreading this, but this sounds uneasy to me" Tanjirou was showing the flyer.
"Is this some kind of a movie promotion?" Muchirou was clueless.
"No, they wouldn't do that if they want to promote a movie" Makomo frowned.
"Looks like we're in a dangerous situation right now" Sabito commented.
"And the government even viewed them as a large threat" Rui added.
"Anyway, let just hope that everyone will safe from any danger" Tanjirou said with worried tone.
...
Since the fliers were spread across the town, it's time for the emergency meeting in the spaceship. Serenia, Aspendor and their captain, Penrar was present in the meeting room.
Penrar is much taller than the other two. He has pale white skin, pointed ears, wavy charcoal black hair, a pair of white anntennas and a pair of white featherless wings. He wore a sleeveless black and red mecha suit. Originally a major-ranked military officer, Penrar resigned from the military before formed his own research crew. The reason why he resigned from the military is still unknown to this day.
"Is there any news from the headquarters?" Serenia asked.
"Not yet, I'm still waiting for it. And start from now, we must be careful. They not viewing us as a minor threat anymore, but a major threat for them" Penrar warned.
"Major threat? But the problem right now is we don't have any intention to conquer their homeworld!" Aspendor shouted.
"That's the point, captain" Serenia was agreed.
"Actually the headquarters has forbade all of researching teams to launch any aggresion against the humans, but unfortunately some of them have defied the orders" Penrar explained.
"No wonder why the humans hate us now" Aspendor sighed.
"Not all human hate us, Aspendor" Serenia was disagreed.
"Not all humans you said? You gotta be kidding me" Aspendor pointed his index finger towards Serenia.
"If you didn't befriend them, then you will never know who they are! Humans are not evil like most of our people believed!" Serenia shouted.
"Stop speaking nonsense! It makes me sick!" Aspendor shouted back.
"ENOUGH!"
Penrar banged his fist on the table, silencing Serenia and Aspendor for a few seconds.
"Serenia, your words may be true, but at the same time we can't risk our safety. I don't want our team to get involved in any trouble" Penrar said.
"Yes captain" Serenia nodded.
"Good. All you dismissed now" Penrar ordered.
"This is all useless" Aspendor muttered as both of them then walked away from the room.
Penrar crossed his arms on the chest, his eyes glanced towards the flyer on the metallic table. Sometimes he wondered, if what Serenia said earlier does make sense at all.
...
"Everyone in the neighbourhood kept talking about the fliers" Kie said.
Tanjurou and Kie were seen lying down on the bed. Their children has already go to sleep either.
"Yeah" Tanjurou sighed.
"I'm worry, dear" Kie's face was a bit unhappy.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine" Tanjurou assured.
Both of them went silent for a few seconds.
"Dear?"
"Yes?"
"Do you think she'll appear again?" Kie asked.
"Who?" Tanjurou raised his eyebrows.
"That so-called fairy" Kie said. "Of all children in this town, why Rokuta?"
"I don't know" Tanjurou replied. "No need to worry. I believe nothing bad will happen to Rokuta"
"If you say so" Kie glanced at her husband.
Both of them then drifted away to sleep.
To be continued...
Notes: The planes dropping fliers is a reference to the bonus chapter of Junji Ito's manga, Hellstar Remina. The title of the bonus chapter is "Army Of One"